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The Arab Blame Game
Reader comment on item: [Looting:] An Iraqi Tragedy
Submitted by Jeff Supowit (United States), Apr 22, 2003 at 22:48
Any attempt to blame the U.S. for this destruction of culture is ridiculous. It is not unheard of for Arabs to blame someone else for their own destructive acts. Ariel Sharon is still blamed for the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camp massacres in Lebanon. Arabs killed Arabs and the Jews got the blame.In retrospect, coalition forces should have been more prepared to deal with the problem of safeguarding the antiquities. Blame, however, belongs to the perpetrators.
The Iraqis have destroyed treasures that belong to all humanity. These antiquities pre-date Arab culture and the damage is a tragedy.
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| Poverty and oppression [153 words] | judy durham | Jun 13, 2003 14:48 | 9545 | ||
| Whose Heritage? [54 words] | Bob Klein | Apr 27, 2003 12:26 | 8693 | ||
| Selective guilt [159 words] | A. M. Berlin | Apr 27, 2003 11:53 | 8692 | ||
| Blame America for Everything? [71 words] | Ben Hogan | Apr 25, 2003 15:00 | 8677 | ||
| I disagree [108 words] | H. Donald Busch | Apr 25, 2003 13:03 | 8672 | ||
| But where is the market for stolen antiquities? [77 words] | Gary Goode | Apr 25, 2003 08:52 | 8668 | ||
| 1 | Another Example of Lack of Respect [44 words] | Paul M. Neville | Apr 24, 2003 21:35 | 8659 | |
| Iraqis are no worse than Americans [293 words] | Sara Kenney | Apr 24, 2003 19:21 | 8656 | ||
| Iraqui Looting [59 words] | Estelle Kresch | Apr 24, 2003 14:53 | 8652 | ||
| Iraqi loss [464 words] | Kyle Gosnell | Apr 24, 2003 03:55 | 8649 | ||
| Museum Damage Minimal [72 words] | J. Zahler | Apr 24, 2003 01:40 | 8646 | ||
| Leftist Intellectuals: Lazy, Unrealistic and Sloppily Moralistic [131 words] | catherine Johnso | Apr 23, 2003 22:41 | 8642 | ||
| iraqi museum [54 words] | orah medzon | Apr 23, 2003 21:49 | 8641 | ||
| Comment to Daniel Braunschvig [228 words] | Halina Minadeo | Apr 23, 2003 20:44 | 8640 | ||
| If only the gov't had consulted you first... [188 words] | Raid Mohammad | Apr 23, 2003 18:21 | 8639 | ||
| 1 | LOOTING [84 words] | MARY ELLEN DAUBENBERGER | Apr 23, 2003 17:47 | 8637 | |
| More exceptions than these [39 words] | Grayson Hill | Apr 23, 2003 16:46 | 8634 | ||
| Which Iraqis Did It? [158 words] | Virginia Thogersen | Apr 23, 2003 16:15 | 8632 | ||
| Split Iraq for the sake of its population [175 words] | Daniel Braunschvig | Apr 23, 2003 15:33 | 8631 | ||
 Comment to Daniel Braunschvig [39 words] | Jacob Ouanounou | Feb 1, 2006 13:42 | 8631 | ||
| Amen [42 words] | Brett | Apr 26, 2007 19:43 | 8631 | ||
| Iraq National Museum [129 words] | Daksha Howard | Apr 23, 2003 15:24 | 8629 | ||
| Deliberate Plundering [124 words] | Ross Johnson | Apr 23, 2003 14:58 | 8626 | ||
| A terrible tragedy. [174 words] | Ben Eisen | Apr 23, 2003 14:58 | 8625 | ||
| judging profs [88 words] | Adam Margolin | Apr 23, 2003 14:56 | 8624 | ||
| Looting in Baghdad [127 words] | joel fishman, phd. | Apr 23, 2003 13:02 | 8622 | ||
| yes.... [51 words] | brian v | Apr 23, 2003 12:23 | 8620 | ||
| What kind of looters have keys? [212 words] | Ben Shniper | Apr 23, 2003 12:12 | 8619 | ||
| aw shucks [105 words] | Carol Roberts | Apr 23, 2003 11:43 | 8616 | ||
| Good Article, Great Work [111 words] | Earl H. Foote | Apr 23, 2003 11:43 | 8615 | ||
| Iraqi Dissent [214 words] | Hal Weinstein | Apr 23, 2003 11:38 | 8613 | ||
| Iraqi road rage [202 words] | Harry Watson | Apr 23, 2003 10:42 | 8612 | ||
| Inside job [66 words] | Dr. Ron Polland | Apr 23, 2003 10:12 | 8610 | ||
| It's still our fault [196 words] | Andrea | Apr 23, 2003 09:29 | 8609 | ||
| looting done by Saddam's people [109 words] | rick | Apr 23, 2003 07:37 | 8606 | ||
| Looters vs Iraqis of Dignity [257 words] | Shoshona Bieman | Apr 23, 2003 07:33 | 8605 | ||
| sounds more like us than we do [24 words] | clyde wright | Apr 23, 2003 04:32 | 8602 | ||
| laying the groundwork? [115 words] | Greg White | Apr 23, 2003 04:23 | 8601 | ||
| Toward A Clean War? [212 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Apr 23, 2003 03:42 | 8598 | ||
| Planned pillage [111 words] | Rosalind Fischl | Apr 23, 2003 03:21 | 8596 | ||
| Iraqi Undercurrent of Violence [484 words] | Elizabeth Coote | Apr 23, 2003 03:20 | 8595 | ||
| Iraqis looting [50 words] | Harald Hoffmann | Apr 23, 2003 01:34 | 8593 | ||
 The Arab Blame Game [98 words] | Jeff Supowit | Apr 22, 2003 22:48 | 8587 | ||
| iraqi [13 words] | david c murphy | Apr 22, 2003 22:32 | 8585 | ||
| Typical Behaviour [29 words] | Michael Peters | Apr 22, 2003 21:52 | 8583 | ||
| Great article! [65 words] | Leon Keylin | Apr 22, 2003 21:50 | 8582 | ||
| quote more please. [142 words] | Marc S. Karlan, M.D. | Apr 22, 2003 21:29 | 8580 | ||
| Iraqi Tragedy [83 words] | Ethel C. Fenig | Apr 22, 2003 18:04 | 8576 | ||
| Iraqi nation [102 words] | Joseph Wechsler | Apr 22, 2003 18:02 | 8575 | ||
| An Iraq Tragedy [27 words] | Richard Wittrup | Apr 22, 2003 17:22 | 8573 | ||
| Looting libraries [62 words] | John Loftus | Apr 22, 2003 15:25 | 8569 | ||
| Loting of museums [49 words] | David Lubin | Apr 22, 2003 15:20 | 8568 | ||
| Human Behavoir [95 words] | Dr. Ron Burgo | Apr 22, 2003 14:55 | 8567 | ||
| Very sad [95 words] | Fenix | Apr 22, 2003 14:16 | 8565 | ||
| Well said! [106 words] | betty ochs | Apr 22, 2003 13:23 | 8564 | ||
| Further on keeping peace [110 words] | Ilona Melstrads | Apr 22, 2003 12:53 | 8561 | ||
| Profoundly disturbing analysis: [241 words] | Glenn Klotz | Apr 22, 2003 12:05 | 8559 | ||
| Museum looting [132 words] | Don Canham | Apr 22, 2003 12:01 | 8558 | ||
| Barbarism extended beyond the Museum [308 words] | Julia Reeves | Apr 22, 2003 11:53 | 8557 | ||
| Another Explanation for Iraqi Looting [337 words] | Paul Strohl | Apr 22, 2003 11:52 | 8556 | ||
| Iraqi looting [113 words] | Arthur Turner | Apr 22, 2003 11:49 | 8555 | ||
| An Iraqi Tragedy [55 words] | bob hardy | Apr 22, 2003 11:41 | 8553 | ||
| Lets look at the facts [131 words] | Susan Bradford | Apr 22, 2003 11:19 | 8550 | ||
| no title [151 words] | Albert | Apr 22, 2003 11:12 | 8549 | ||
| Bravo Dr. Pipes [38 words] | Jay A. Lerman, MSIA | Apr 22, 2003 11:04 | 8548 | ||
| Barbarians self-immolate their treasures. [195 words] | Joan Archiba | Apr 22, 2003 10:35 | 8546 | ||
| kudos [21 words] | gil kushner | Apr 22, 2003 10:19 | 8544 | ||
| iraqi self-destruction and looting [62 words] | Howard Brown | Apr 22, 2003 09:37 | 8541 |
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